Brownsville, Texas vs. New Bedford, Massachusetts

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Health
  5.5% lower in New Bedford, Massachusetts
than in Brownsville, Texas
   Insurance cost
Brownsville, TXNew Bedford, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium65.559.9100  8.5%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Brownsville, TXNew Bedford, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack100.6102.7100  2.1%
Heart Failure107.6104.7100  2.7%
Hip Knee Replacement114.6109100  4.9%
Pneumonia119.8106100  11.5%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Brownsville, TXNew Bedford, MAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,206$23,704$23,281  2.1%
Heart Failure Hospital$17,288$16,831$16,237  2.6%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$25,380$24,121$22,499  5.0%
Pneumonia Hospital$20,153$17,832$17,007  11.5%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Brownsville, TXNew Bedford, MAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20153.2%-2.6%3.1%  181.3%
2015-20165.1%-1.5%12.5%  129.4%
2016-201719.0%-2.7%57.9%  114.2%
2017-201835.6%26.4%19.0%  25.8%
2018-20192.3%5.1%-2.2%  121.7%
Since 201479.0%23.9%113.3%  69.7%
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